... ROUTE PHRSBYTERY. - This Presbytery met yesterday in the First Presbyterian Church, Bally. money. The Rev. Samuel Wallace, Moderator, took the chair, and constituted the Court. The following clergymen were present :-Rev. Robert Boyle. Rev. Thomas Gregg, Rev. J. B. Amour, Rev. John Jackson, Rev. John Millikin, Rev. John M'Cainmond, and Rev. Alex. Cruthers. A com- nittee, consisting of-Revs. ...

... TiHE ACCELERATION OF THE ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE. I, ?? BALTJYMENA, MONDANY.-At the monthly meet- ing of the Ballymena Municipal Board to-day- t the Commissioners present being Messrs. Samuel J. M Cartncy. J.P. (chairman); W. A. Young, i J.P.; Samuel, AIl ny, Samuel R. Young, James Cosbie, and James MiAllister-the chairman said there was a matter of very considerable importance, 5 both to the ...

... DISASTROUS PRAIRIE. FIRES. SPECIAl, CABTEC~lAM. FrtOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. N\EW YORE;, WEeiNcsDADY.-The Pan American Congress was formally opened at Washizhton this morning. Before proceeding to business the dele- gates delivered themselves into the hands of a photographer, who posed and grouped thenm just as lie would leave done a hatch of ordinary citizens until he hadl obtained a ...

... CORREt'SPONDENCE. THE IRISH FISHING INDUSTRY, TO THE EDITOI OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. SiR-It is so cheering to be able to speak of any accomplished fact connected with the development of any industry in Ireland that I cannot refrain from communicating the pleasing intelligence that on my last visit to Baltimore, County Cork, from which I have jurst returned, I found fishing in ftll swing; ...

... BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR LN DOWN- PATRICK. YESTERDAY, at twelve o'clock. a bazaar and fancy fair was opened in the Assemblv Hall, Down- patrickl. on behalf of the Downpatriek Nursing Society in Aid of the Sick Poor The hall wasI very tastefully decorated for the occasion, and the stalls were got up in a most attractive manner. Mr. W. B.. Martin (manager of the Northern Bank) said that, on behalf ...

... PPOM THE ILLUSTRATEOD LONfDON NEWs. THE Scotch confirmation. under seal of ?? at the CommiRsariot of Fife. of the general dizpr. i- tion and settlement (dated 'November 10th, 185i3 of Mr. Jameus Cant. of Ore Bridgc, TUhorrite. County Fife, chemical manufacturer. who di.'d July 9 ]ast, granted to Mrs. Janet Eli7:beth lrle, or Cant, the wvidow and sole executrix nominiu:a. was resealed in London ...

... TLE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. CooKsTowN. -The interest in this election is in- creasing. A number of the candidates have issued addresses, and canvassing is being carried on very energetically. IJURGAN.-The following candidates have been duly nominated to contest the five vacancies at the Lurgan Municipal Board on the 15th inst. Messrs. James Malcolm, D.L.; Robert Hazelton, W. H. Crawford, Wim. J. ...

... BY OTI SPECIAL WIRE., FROMN OUR MILITARY CORRRESPONDEN, LoNDoN. TUESDAY,-It is expected that Lieuten- 1 ant R. H; Adams will get promotion to the rank of captain in the Scotch Gireys. at Dundalk, in siuces- sion to Captain Hippesley, who has been seconded from the corps. It is about tima lie got his troop, for he is 31 years old, and he has been nearly nine 5 years in the army. Prior to ...

... - ACCIDENT TO TITE CITY OF NEW YFORK. SPECIA.L CABfLEGlAMf. MROA OUR owN' COh .1SPONDENT. N.W YnRK. TxnrnS7)A%.-The crack Inmiatn liner City of New York has come to grief. Last eveninig, ilt the thick wertirer. she ran agronnd in Gedney's Channel, in thc lower bay, and her big cngines. although skilftilly manipulated. failed to ,back her into dien vat' r again. Word was sent into 'New York, ...

... FOREIIGN INTELLIGENCIE. FROM OUR COR1MPONDENTS. NEWS FROI GERMANY. IMPORTANT SPEECH ON THE WAR QUESTION. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVRNrHc4._The whole of the workmen employed at Siemens' works at Dres- den. numbering about five hundred, have struck for an increase in wages. The lace curtain factory of Ir=nz Bauman & Co., at Anerbacb, Saxony, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 300 ...

... DEATH OF THE REV. WILLIAM G. BOYD, RAMOAN1. Tab news of the unexpecced death of this gentle- man, which took place at the residence of Mr. Wm, Haves, Drumawilliam, near Ballycastle, reached Ballymoney on Saturday morning last, and was received with regret, as the deceased was a frequent visitor in this town, both in his official capacity, attending to the Presbytery meetings, and also on ...

... PROFESSOR L,. N. FOWLER gave a very interesting lecture on Phrenology: Its Principles and Utility, last evening in St. George's Hall, Higfh Street. There was a good attendance, and the popular leoturer was frequently and deservedly applauded Phrenology was, he said, a very im- portant science. Religion came first, phrenology next. There were three classes of knowledge with which one could ...